Mother Jones was reporting on similar shenanigans in the house J. Edgar built back in 2011.<p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/fbi-terrorist-informants/" rel="nofollow">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/fbi-terrorist-i...</a><p>It's a time-dishonored tradition that goes back to COINTELPRO, by the agency's own admission.<p><a href="https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro" rel="nofollow">https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro</a>